Self-Directed Program for Academic Leadership Enhancement of Nursing Department Administrators in Thailand

This study aimed to (1) examine best practices in academic leadership among department-level administrators in private university nursing faculties in Thailand, (2) develop a self-directed academic leadership enhancement program, and (3) evaluate the program's effectiveness. A mixed-methods research design was implemented in three phases. Phase 1 involved 120 nursing faculty members and department-level administrators from six private nursing institutions with five-year Nursing Council a